王继威, 2023. 树立正确的就业观[N]. 人民日报, 2023-07-10: 5. http://paper.people.com.cn/rmrb/html/2023-07/10/nw.D110000renmrb_20230710_2-05.htm

2023 年 7 月 10 日《人民日报》第 3 版还有一篇瑞士历史学家、伯尔尼艺术学院名誉教授贝亚特·施耐德的文章《我对中国的未来充满信心》。

如果你在 Google 上搜索这位号称「读懂中国的历史学家」，会发现中文搜索结果（贝亚特·施耐德）比英文搜索结果（Beat Schneider）还多。这不禁让我想起那位不存在的瑞士生物学家 威尔逊·爱德华兹，只不过这位贝亚特·施耐德是存在的而已。

When the CCP Thought Taiwan Should Be Independent

The new Manchu Emperor wasn’t really interested in the island at all; his main goal was to defeat the last remnants of the Ming Dynasty. In 1683, the Kangxi Emperor even stated that “Taiwan is outside our Empire and of no great consequence.” He offered to let the Dutch buy it back.

By the late 1920s, the young CCP was of course primarily engaged in its struggle for survival against Chiang’s Nationalists. But they did develop a very distinct position vis-à-vis Taiwan, which was totally the opposite of the party’s present position.

As is described in detail in the seminal study by Frank S. T. Hsiao, and Lawrence R. Sullivan. “The Chinese Communist Party and the Status of Taiwan, 1928-1943,” between 1928 and 1943 Communist Party leaders consistently recognized the Taiwanese as a distinct “nation” or “nationality” (minzu).

https://thediplomat.com/2022/05/when-the-ccp-thought-taiwan-should-be-independent/

From alien land to inalienable parts of China: how Qing imperial possessions became the Chinese Frontiers

The empirical study shows that by the early 19th century, a new territorialised conception of ‘China’ closely resembling that of modern territoriality had emerged. This ‘modern’ and Sinocentric form of territoriality encompassed areas that were hitherto seen as foreign and non-Chinese. In opposition to the extant Eurocentric historiography, this article traces the emergence of modern territoriality in imperial China to a nexus of European cartographic techniques, Qing imperial conquests and the literati synthesis of Manchu imperial and Sinocentric forms of territoriality.

The contemporary political impetus towards territorial recuperation and Sinicisation efforts among minority groups are some of the latest attempts to actualise a territorialised understanding of China. The repressions in Xinjiang and Tibet, militant stance towards Taiwan and crackdown of social movements in Hong Kong are all acuate reminders that the inalienability of Chinese territory warrants the assimilation or eradication of those deemed as aliens.

To cite this article: Li, Andy Hanlun. “From Alien Land to Inalienable Parts of China: How Qing Imperial Possessions Became the Chinese Frontiers.” European Journal of International Relations 28, no. 2 (June 2022): 237–62. https://doi.org/10.1177/13540661221086486.

Xi Jinping Chokes Off Crucial Engine of China’s Economy

https://www.wsj.com/articles/xi-china-economy-capital-investment-3439d31a

Introducing passwordless authentication on GitHub.com

https://github.blog/2023-07-12-introducing-passwordless-authentication-on-github-com/

资中筠：人性·文化·制度（2012）

0:00:00 为什么选这个题目
0:02:08 第一部分 人性
0:02:08 第 1 小部分 人性双重论：义利之辨
0:05:28 第 2 小部分 人之所以为人的特点
0:11:58 第二部分 文化
0:11:58 第 1 小部分 共性
0:16:05 第 2 小部分 特性
0:18:28 第三部分 制度与政治文化
0:27:34 第 1 小部分 政府和国家观念
0:35:48 第 2 小部分 法治还是人治
0:43:38 第 3 小部分 当前中国是制度问题
0:52:38 第四部分 妨碍文化繁荣的因素
0:53:09 第 1 小部分 权力的强制和利用
0:57:27 第 2 小部分 高度实用主义、功利化
0:54:00 第五部分 人类共同面临的问题：人性、制度的异化
0:54:06 第 1 小部分 自由不受权力的压制以后怎么办？
0:57:27 第 2 小部分 市场与民主的异化
0:58:58 第 3 小部分 科学进步是造福还是祸害人类
1:03:44 观众提问

Rule by law, with Chinese characteristics

Mr Xi’s own words offer a partial answer. One of his cherished slogans is “yifa zhiguo”, or “governing the country according to law”. With those words, he is not promising the rule of law as a liberal reformer might understand it. The party sits above any legal code and even China’s constitution, its powers unchecked by any court.

Indeed, Mr Xi denounces judicial independence and the separation of powers as dangerous foreign ideas. Instead, to hear legal scholars explain it, Mr Xi is offering rule by law: ie, professional governance by officials following standardised procedures.

Highfalutin theories of governance are only part of the puzzle, however. When asked, ordinary Chinese instinctively call laws important and different from a mere policy or practice.

Asked about the new law’s impact, the museum director, Li Hao, hopes to see still more visits. He quotes a Chinese saying about how legislation both guides and binds the masses. “If there is a law, we can follow it. If there is a law, we must follow it,” it runs.

For party members, Mr Xi’s words already make this a sacred place. For everyone else, reverence will soon be the law.

99% of research papers nowadays could probably just be blog posts. They’d probably have a bigger impact that way, too.

https://twitter.com/marktenenholtz/status/1679573783705690112

How Does Linux Really Handle Writes?

Here’s how the write really works:

1. you echo "foo" > bar.txt
2. the operating system copies “foo” into a special place in memory called the page cache
3. (microseconds later) the operating system tells you the write succeeded
4. (asynchronously, up to 30 seconds later) the operating system actually writes “foo” to disk

https://www.cyberdemon.org/2023/06/27/file-writes.html

Pew Research Report: Most Asian Americans View Their Ancestral Homelands Favorably, Except Chinese Americans

看到这个 视频，我才知道 brick tea 就是「砖茶」的直译名。

这个视频的气氛很奇怪，给人一种不舒服的感觉。视频下方的第一条评论是「如此这般多好，何必非要瞎折腾！」

Rosenfeld, Bryn. The Autocratic Middle Class: How State Dependency Reduces the Demand for Democracy. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2020. https://doi.org/10.23943/princeton/9780691192185.001.0001.

Gruffydd-Jones, Jamie J. Hostile Forces: How the Chinese Communist Party Resists International Pressure on Human Rights. New York: Oxford University Press, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197643198.001.0001.

Dimitrov, Martin K. Dictatorship and Information: Authoritarian Regime Resilience in Communist Europe and China. New York: Oxford University Press, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197672921.001.0001.

这是我最近发现的 3 本非常有意思的书，打算抽空读一读。如果你也感兴趣，可以一读。也非常欢迎推荐类似的书籍，一起交流学习。